Apple News has poached the editor of Wired.co.uk Michael Rundle to lead its tech coverage out of the UK, The Drum understands.

It has been confirmed to The Drum that Rundle is to exit the Conde Nast-owned title after just over a year with the magazine to take up the role.

However, it’s not yet clear which position he will take up, but The Drum understands that Rundle is one of the first new hires to join Apple News in the UK and that he is braced to be tech editor working from Apple’s London HQ.

Apple started recruiting for journalists and editors when the app first debuted, hinting that reporters would have their own beats and be expected to feed news to the app's audience based on trending topics. It said at the time that it was looking for candidates with “a strong understanding of the technology behind digital news.”

Rundle started his career at the BBC, he has worked with a variety of national titles including Metro and the Huffington Post, where he was most recently UK tech editor.

He announced his departure on Twitter earlier this month, saying that he was leaving for “something new.” In a review he wrote for Wired around new videogame ‘Division’ on Friday (11 March) he said: “I'm leaving Wired soon, for a different sort of life, and wandering around digital worlds will not be my job for much longer.”

Conde Nast told The Drum that it has yet to hire a replacement for Rundle, and that it's advertised for a digital editor to take his place in order to reflect the growth of channels such as social and podcasting.

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Rebecca Stewart

Rebecca Stewart is a reporter at The Drum. Based in London, she has interviewed key figures from brands like Airbnb, Amnesty International, Facebook and Spotify. She has covered international events in Berlin and Amsterdam, as well as Advertising Week Europe.